Best of Oklahoma fans at the Orange Bowl: The sad, mad and crazy
Oklahoma fans provided plenty of a great crowd shots for the TV broadcast during Clemson's Orange Bowl win.
Oklahoma was short-handed, didn't catch the right breaks and eventually the dam broke as Clemson ran away with a 37-17 victory in the Orange Bowl. The Sooners were favored in the game and had the second-best odds to win the College Football Playoff, so the slow unraveling of OU's title hopes created all kinds of anxieties for the fans who made the trip to Sun Life Stadium.
With the trend of sad and mad crowd shots rising, ESPN's cameras did plenty of work finding some Oklahoma fans in the midst of their feels. When you combine some of those shots with others, collected via social media, you can put together the full Oklahoma fan experience.
First, the ecstasy of pregame excitement, the taste of a cigar and the feeling of having Oklahoma logos drawn on your bare chest.
Live blog: Clemson faces Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl at 4 p.m. https://t.co/EJol2hdXb2 pic.twitter.com/BelAKsBrMr
— Miami Herald Sports (@HeraldSports) December 31, 2015
Clemson caught Oklahoma off guard with a fake punt, throwing the ball to defensive tackle Christian Wilkins for a 31-yard gain, and it resulted in the Tigers' only touchdown of the first half. Sooners fans started to turn from happy to angry.
Man Angry pic.twitter.com/jZkx2UAzeh
— Deadspin (@Deadspin) January 1, 2016
Pretty sure this Sooners fan would have thrown the remote through his TV if he was at home pic.twitter.com/dKgFoAygeI
— The Cauldron (@TheCauldron) December 31, 2015
Both Perine and Joe Mixon suffered injuries that knocked them from the game. Mad turns to sad.
You're on candid camera! #SurrenderCobra #OrangeBowl pic.twitter.com/X0KqC33OQA
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) December 31, 2015
thinking about the bad tweets you sent in 2015 and the bad tweets you will send in 2016 pic.twitter.com/7nXPIdRjMf
— Michael Katz (@KatzM) January 1, 2016
— SB Nation (@SBNation) January 1, 2016
Not all capes wear heroes pic.twitter.com/RTEcKgCvcb
— The Cauldron (@TheCauldron) January 1, 2016
But don't worry, our bearded friend made it into the stadium.
Boomer (from @SECstagram) pic.twitter.com/vkYOsXYaBb
— Busted College (@BustedCollege) December 31, 2015
















